Synonyms of freed

freed 1 of 2

adjective

as in liberated

Related Words

• liberated
• released
• delivered
• quit
• unburdened
• shut (of)
• free
• disencumbered
• unhampered
• unimpeded

Dissimilar Words

• hindered
• handicapped
• encumbered
• hobbled

freed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of free

1

as in released

to set free (as from slavery or confinement)

a global crusade to free Nelson Mandela from a South African prison had emerged

Synonyms & Similar Words

• liberated
• released
• rescued
• saved
• loosened
• loosed
• emancipated
• sprang
• enfranchised
• manumitted
• discharged
• unbound
• enlarged
• unchained
• turned loose
• paroled
• unfettered
• ransomed
• disenthralled
• uncaged
• redeemed
• extricated
• bailed (out)
• delivered
• disentangled
• disengaged
• unshackled
• disencumbered
• disembarrassed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bound
• confined
• restrained
• fettered
• shackled
• imprisoned
• handcuffed
• jailed
• enchained
• incarcerated
• committed
• locked (up)
• interned
• enslaved
• manacled
• conquered
• subjugated
• subdued
• trammeled
• immured

2

as in opened

to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions

we'll free the river by breaking up the ice jam

Synonyms & Similar Words

• opened
• cleared
• facilitated
• eased
• unplugged
• smoothed
• unstopped
• unclogged
• loosened (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stopped
• blocked
• closed
• hindered
• hampered
• impeded
• plugged (up)
• clogged (up)
• encumbered
• constricted
• dammed (up)
• obstructed
• interfered (with)
• blockaded
• barricaded
• trammeled

3

as in cleared

to rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way

would you mind freeing up the work area so I can work?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• opened
• cleared
• facilitated
• stripped
• eased
• unblocked
• smoothed
• loosened (up)
• unplugged
• unstopped
• unclogged
• unchoked
• uncluttered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blocked
• stopped
• closed
• obstructed
• plugged
• clogged
• dammed
• cluttered (up)

4

as in rid

to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers

a phone call would free your parents from worry

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rid
• relieved
• cleared
• liberated
• unburdened
• divested
• rescued
• disencumbered
• disburdened
• loosened
• released
• emancipated
• sprang
• loosed
• discharged
• enfranchised
• unbound
• manumitted
• unchained
• redeemed
• extricated
• unfettered
• delivered
• bailed (out)
• uncaged
• disentangled
• disengaged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• burdened
• saddled
• encumbered
• subjected
• hampered
• restrained
• weighted (down)
• bogged (down)
• shackled
• fettered
• weighed down

5

as in saved

to set free from entanglement or difficulty

this plan should free us from debt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• liberated
• saved
• released
• rescued
• redeemed
• extricated
• disentangled
• cleared
• disengaged
• untangled
• cut loose
• disembarrassed
• unburdened
• delivered
• untied
• disencumbered
• disburdened
• unraveled
• untwined
• unsnarled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blocked
• hampered
• hindered
• impeded
• loaded
• obstructed
• weighed
• entangled
• embroiled
• burdened
• encumbered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of freed

Adjective

The freed captives, mostly women and children, were among over 300 kidnap victims freed by Nigerian forces this week. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

In fact, the vast majority of freed people remained in the South. — Rodney Coates, The Conversation, 16 June 2026

Well, the Thirteenth Amendment left the country with 4 million freed slaves, undefined. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026

The freed men first served their sentences at the Ramo Verde military prison, but were transferred to the Lara prison five years ago. — Gustavo Ocando Alex, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026

The passage of time is cleverly conveyed through a variety of devices, from the sitcoms on Jacki’s TV screen (Cheers gives way to Seinfeld) and the age of the (offstage) dog that Jacki hopes to someday share and raise with a freed Nick. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026

The freed electrons drift toward readout planes at either end, creating a detailed 3D image of each particle’s trajectory. — Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026

The freed people were forced out of Mercer County. — Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025

Over 150 of the freed prisoners were deported to Egypt. — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025

Verb

Castellanos traveled to Houston to meet her husband after learning he would be freed. — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Trouble is on the horizon though as an explosion on one of his oil rigs has freed a killer ice floe, setting loose tsunamis, threatening hundreds of thousands of lives and heading directly for Europe. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026

Taking on something this scary freed up a lot of emotional bandwidth. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2026

When Lola was finally freed, DeBacker described it as the greatest feeling in the world. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Murphy warned that once the backlog clears, Golden Week factory shutdowns will crater demand just as capacity freed by vessels returning to the faster Suez Canal routing on the back-haul flood the market. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

Removing operational pressures freed the district to focus on reaching more children. — Tim Grailer, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026

Notably, Bowman said the Starling report found the Fed regulatory problems were not caused by a bipartisan 2018 rollback of bank regulation that freed large regional banks like SVB from the toughest oversight. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026

Officers freed the boat from the rocks and towed it to nearby Horseshoe Cove, where it was collected for evidence by San Francisco Police, the Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Facebook statement. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026